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This from 2019 by Ocampo on expanding the uses of the SDR is excellent. imf.org/external/pubs/… https://t.co/Q1dqC6yBL0

Was the Brexit referendum bad for the British economy? The investment data strongly suggest so. H/t @Frances_Coppola coppolacomment.com/2021/03/the-di… From this Bailey @bankofengland speech bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/fi… https://t.co/4J0p0ZH8Db

Keynes famously cites Lenin to the effect that inflation is the best way to destroy capitalism. How does Keynes see this working? Fascinating blogpost by

Building a better SDR Reform IMF accounting of SDRs Distribute SDRs towards lower income countries with large reserve needs. SDR = only currency in which

RT @HyunSongShin: The BIS Bulletin published today examines the impact on dividend restrictions that came in the wake of the pandemic; bank…

RT @HyunSongShin: Importantly, bank capital supported lending, as intended twitter.com/bis_org/status…

The 1920s were different. Not sure about Rosenberg’s rationale quoted here. But, no doubt, the analogy 2020-1920 is silly. @izakaminska ft.com/content/838362… https://t.co/GHTVXQXA2F

RT @heimbergecon: Don't forget: As set out by ECB president Trichet and Banca d’Italia Governor Mario Draghi in their letter in August 2011…

Great news of accelerating rate of immunization In Germany! twitter.com/sdullien/statu…

RT @MIHJournal: 1. MIH is thrilled to publish a special form devoted to John Rawls titled: “The Historical Rawls”. It is organized and intr…

RT @PrathamSkilling: .@PARInetwork People's Archive of Rural India was founded in 2014 by award-winning journalist – P.Sainath. It was an i…

@eshakespeare @nytimes @zagatam Congrats! Beautiful work.

Energy poverty USA: Out of a total of 118.2 m US households, in 2015, the @EIAgov estimated that 17 million households received an energy disconnect/delivery

the inventory-to-sales ratio for lumber and other construction materials is now the lowest in over a decade -> driving lumber prices to record levels. thedailyshot.com/2021/03/09/ceo…

The inventory-to-sales ratio in the US tumbled in recent months amid supplier bottlenecks and rising demand -> suggests restocking boom to come. thedailyshot.com/2021/03/09/ceo… https://t.co/4HUv522p9I

The selloff that is accompanying the turmoil in AE bond markets has so far hit above all Brazil amongst the EM. @TS_Lombard via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/03/08/emp…

Aggregate financing in China surged in 2020 but it remains modest by historic standards. @RealAlpineMacro via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/03/08/emp… https://t.co/e5NcCHiTyw

The yuan had been on upswing since June 2020. Has it turned direction in early 2021? thedailyshot.com/2021/03/08/emp… https://t.co/gtg8Jl7nsU

Japan’s residents have been dumping foreign bonds at record rates in the last two weeks. thedailyshot.com/2021/03/08/emp… https://t.co/EGe0Y725Be

It is hard to imagine a world without excel. Fascinating mapping of its history. Great stuff by @packyM notboring.co/p/excel-never-… https://t.co/mK5KUbCa2d

the surprise ruling quashing Lula’s convictions was likely to stand, not least because Bolsonaro had made so many enemies among judiciary -> Bolsonaro is a

Growth outlook according to @OECDeconomy WHY is the EU satisfied with this? Sure NextGenEU may help but in the mean time the gaps widen! ft.com/content/7f7d4b…

With Draghi at helm in Rome banks running first green bond issue for Italy received €80bn in orders for €8.5bn of debt. ft.com/content/2b1d7d… https://t.co/lzrbfaIG6Y

Where is the EU’s FDI distributed? 54% in UK, US, Switzerland v. 3.4% Russia and 4% China. thedailyshot.com/2021/03/08/emp… https://t.co/mjVbpuEroi

"Joe Biden’s $1.9tn US stimulus programme will boost the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic around the world” @OECDeconomy @LauBooneEco And being a fiscal locomotive

With the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act, Congress is beginning to translate ambitious climate promises into action. Starting by

Whereas after 2008 the US non petroleum trade deficit contracted by about 50%, in 2020 in just kept on increasing. thedailyshot.com/2021/03/08/emp… https://t.co/KEWEyWgRjW

America’s API – aka the oil lobby – has come out in favor of carbon pricing. BUT in exchange for a ceasefire on mandates and

@Uptheleft @mark4harrison These are Maddisons 1990s ppp dollars so mid-low by our standards. Gives you an idea of their overall economic capacity benchmarked with deliberate

Detlev Peukert one of true heroes of modern German historiography. Like Sven Reichardt’s intro to this. Peukert’s intellectual trajectory out of the DKP in the

Germany started fighting WWI in 1914 with a GDP per capita measured in Maddison 1990s dollars of c. $3800 i.e. that of lower middle income

The collapse in the health care payroll in 2020 in the US is one of the most counterintuitive developments of the crisis. Made a big

I didn’t know that Herbert Butterfield signed off on his critique of the Whig interpretation of history in Sep 1931 just as Britain exited the

RT @MIHJournal: 5. @stefeich, “The Theodicy of Growth: John Rawls, Political Economy, and Reasonable Faith”: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I really want someone to translate Tim B. Mueller’s fascinating essays "Von der „Whig Interpretation” zur Fragilität der Demokratie” Geschichte und Gesellschaft , 44. Jahrg.,

By the end of 2020 EU unemployment was again above US unemployment. thedailyshot.com/2021/03/08/emp… Don’t read too much into the numbers. Both sets are distorted. But